He pulled away. “God, I’m sorry. I don’t know what came over me.” He dragged a hand over his face.
Violet’s mouth moved wordlessly. She ached for his touch. The same constant ache that plagued her whenever she saw him, worse now that she’d tasted what she’d been missing. “Don’t be sorry,” she whispered. “I didn’t try to stop you.”
She should leave. It was the proper thing to do.
But she had no money, no place to go.
Hang it all, she was tired of being proper. A doctor’s exam had confirmed that she was no innocent. But it had been years since she’d lain with a man—and whenever it had been, she had no memory of it. Or him.
Tony’s gaze roved around like he feared he was doing something dishonest.
She would allay those fears. Stephanie said men liked it when a woman let them know what she wanted.
Violet thirsted for Tony’s arms around her, for the knowledge, for the answer to the question that had haunted her since the first time she saw him.
What had he meant to her in her forgotten past?
She slipped her arms around his waist. His hands trailed down her sides, then slipped around her back. The heavens opened, drenching her body in a deluge of sparks. He drew her against him, crushing her breasts to his chest as he once again lowered his face to hers and their lips met in a searing join.
This was what she’d been missing. Two years of having to be content to talk to him on the phone when he called the helpdesk, or passed her in the hallway and said hello.
His mouth never leaving hers, he ran his hand up and down her back, then slowly moved it around her side. Her skin prickled in jittery delight at his touch, her dress the only thing between them. Heaven help her, but she wished it wasn’t.
Mercy, he could kiss her forever. His hand brushed the side of her breast. She gasped.
He snatched his hand away. “Oh hell, I—”
“Don’t.” Her voice was firm. She was not going to let him apologize. She didn’t want him to be sorry.
“I was going to say, I need a shower,” he said. “A cold one,” he added under his breath.
Violet’s strength sapped, she sank onto the bed. She looked at her dirty dress. “I’m... a bit worse for the wear myself.” She met his gaze, her breath ragged.
“You can go first.” He backed toward the table.
Not what she wanted to hear. The words she longed to say lodged in her throat. She had to know, now, or never know.
Need nagged her in Stephanie’s voice. Be bold. Men like it when the woman makes the first move.
“I- I’m usually not this forward, but...” Violet met his gaze and gave him her best demure smile. “We could share.”
His shoulders flattened, and his voice was strained, as if he was choking. “Violet, we’re both under a lot of stress. I don’t want to do anything we’ll regret.”
If she let him go, she might never have another chance to gain the knowledge she craved. To experience heaven.
He’d kissed her with fervor and passion. She’d seen enough, heard enough around the office to know Tony Solomon didn’t playact, never said anything he didn’t mean. He wanted her as much as she wanted him.
It’s not proper! her inner voice shouted.
But she wasn’t a woman of the fifties. Propriety was overrated. She rose and crossed the room, then stopped at the bathroom door. “I won’t regret it.” She began to unbutton her dress.
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Time’s Enemy
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This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, business establishments, media titles, or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
; Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Excerpt from Time's Fugitive
Other Books by Jennette Marie Powell
Author's Note
About the Author
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